On the cusp of her first London season, Miss Madeline Gracechurch was shyly pretty and talented with a drawing pencil, but hopelessly aith gentlemen She was certain to be a disenerations of shy, aard young ladies have done: she invented a sweetheart A Scottish sweetheart One as handsome and honorable and devoted to her, but conveniently never around Maddie poured her heart into writing the iinary Captain MacKenzie letter after letter … and by pretending to be devastated when he was (not really) killed in battle, she ed to avoid the pressures of London society entirely Until years later, when this kilted Highland lover of her ian MacKenzie arrives on her doorstep--handso, but not entirely honorable He’s wounded, jaded, in possession of her letters… and ready to ood on every promise Maddie never expected to keep